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Superhero

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  1. IMO, this best describes my thought on Breitling watch dials.
  2. FIFY [edit] Damnit, atomheartbevo already beat me to it.
  3. In the US, what can be called “Vodka” has a specific set of limitations as defined by the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB): (a)Class 1; neutral spirits or alcohol. “Neutral spirits” or “alcohol” are distilled spirits produced from any material at or above 190° proof, and, if bottled, bottled at not less than 80° proof. (1) “Vodka” is neutral spirits so distilled, or so treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials, as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color. So yeah, as long as those gallon jugs meet the specification, they're vodka. If you have time, listen to this podcast. If you don't have time to listen to the entire thing, start around the 6:50 mark. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/02/23/588346329/episode-826-the-vodka-proof In short, a lot of vodka brands basically buy bilk alcohol from a company called Ultra Pure and add water.
  4. $6 burger doesn't exist anymore. Even their most basic burger is $6.99.
  5. I paid almost $10 for a Carl’s Jr. Superstar (double cheeseburger) last week. $20/hour is no joke.
  6. WTF is up with that thumb?
  7. There's a Japanese restaurant near Mammoth Lakes (ski resort area) called Gojira. I didn't know what it mean until we went in and saw all these posters The food sucked. Don't go there.
  8. Elvis is alive? In New York City?
  9. My uneducated guess is it’s like opening the rear windows in your car, and you get the buffeting discomfort in your ear up in front.
  10. Didn't have time. Cooked breakfast for the family, and now on the interview prep meeting that started at 8.
  11. Bidet with a warm toilet seat.
  12. 7:00. Finally done. Fuck me and the rest of the day.
  13. It's 3:50AM, and I am writing / re-writing part of a proposal that I was assigned 14 hours ago. I told the marketing manager I'd get it done by midnight, but here I still am. The person who originally wrote it did a decent job, but language was too "flowery" for a construction proposal, and he missed some sections due to inexperience. The fucked up part is I found out I'm part of the interview team when on Wednesday 5-6PM, I received 5 meeting invites, one of which is a 6 hour interview prep on Sunday. In LA. Of course I can't say no, since they listed me as the cost lead without telling me... I'll be a fucking zombie, but just needed to vent because this is bullshit. Oh, and one of my project leads is out sick, so I ran a few meetings in his absence. Working on 3 projects concurrently (for probably the nth time) sucks.
  14. Why is it a stigma in the US to eat at a restaurant by themselves? When we were Japan, we saw plenty of men and women go to nice-ish restaurants and just enjoy the food without needing to talk to anyone. One night, my daughter and I were craving katsu with curry, so we went to a restaurant with bar seating and plexiglass dividers between the seats. I’ve heard of them, but never actually seen it here in LA which has a pretty good Japanese population.
  15. Have the dispatcher send this guy. He’s the expert. He can fix, or unfix the kabel.
  16. I think it's time to trade in more silver for gold. In the past 3 months, silver prices have beat gold prices by 5%, but the motivation is to get rid of weight. Looking to get rid of my bars and Eagles (gasp!) and pick up more gold maples and sovereigns. Maybe I AM / WILL BE the Wally Fairway of PMs.
  17. It flew too high and fast to be black helicopters.
  18. South Austin’s mom is a big earthquake. It is known.
  19. Unless they’re from European countries (except for Albania, Romania and gypsies). Instant citizenship for any Hungarians who supports Orban.
  20. I called my parents and they're safe. They live NW of Taipei so the epicenter was further away. My mom said it was pretty scary - their highrise apartment building was swaying pretty hard, and the structure was "moaning". The electricity is still on and and water is still running, so their lives aren't really disrupted. They just need to deal with the after shocks for the next few days. My dad's a heavy sleeper, and usually wakes up late, but he woke up from the shaking. I've woken up to a small earthquake, and it is the weirdest feeling. You're still tired, can't really comprehend what's happening except your bed is moving back and forth. It's a really weird feeling.
  21. A few thought after watching that video... that crane operator must've been shitting bricks, especially when the counterweight fell off. They had safety netting and cantilevered fall protection / dropped objects netting, but a ladder still came flying off the side of the building. Crazy.
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